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The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660

CHAPTER I
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Colonel Alexander Popham, Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Colonel Henry Markham, Mr.John Lassell, and Mr.Robert Cecil (second son of the Earl of Salisbury).

Ashley Cooper, not an original Rumper, came in by the recognition, Jan.

7, 1659-60, of his right to sit for Downton in Wilts.

Lassell, whose name is not on the list of the Long Parliament, may have found a seat in the same way.

Prynne and some others of the secluded members renewed their attempt to get into the House, but were again refused.[1] [Footnote 1: Commons Journals (Divisions and Committees) from Dec.
26, 1659 to Feb.


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